7016. Fact

Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps. Hence, the postage stamps of Britain are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin.

7017. Fact

The tallest woman in the world is American Sandy Allen who is 7 feet 7 inches

7018. Fact

It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.

7019. Fact

The city of Argentia which is located on Newfoundland's southwest coast, is Canada's most fog-bound community. It has 206 days of fog each year.

7020. Fact

When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.

7021. Fact

The Federal Reserve printed up an extra $50 billion in small bills just in case people started hoarding money prior to the year 2000. Since nowhere near that much cash was needed, and there was a long-term storage problem, most of that money was recycled.

7022. Fact

Only 4 mayors of U.S. cities went on to become president: Calvin Coolidge, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Johnson.

7023. Fact

The Pentagon has 284 restrooms

7024. Animal Facts

Cockroaches can make themselves super-slim, and can flatten their bodies to a size just a little thicker than a piece of paper to crawl into cracks.

7025. Fact

Around 22% of Americans are teenagers.

7026. Fact

The average life span of a mosquito is two weeks.

7027. Fact

Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9 meters.

7028. Fact

Nabisco's Oreo's are the world's best-selling brand of cookie at a rate of 6 billion sold each year. The first Oreo was sold in 1912.

7029. Fact

The colours yellow, red, and orange are used in fast food restaraunts because those are the colours that stimulate hunger

7030. Fact

Gottfried Daimler of Stuttgart, Germany, is generally regarded as the father of the automobile because he was the first to come up with a workable gasoline engine.

7031. Fact

St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the US.

7032. Fact

Theodore Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to deliver an inaugural address without using the word I. Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower tied for second place, using I only once in their inaugural addresses.

7033. Animal Facts

A flea can jump 30,000 times without stopping.

7034. Fact

Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight

7035. Fact

If you traveled the speed of light, it would only take you 0.0000294 seconds to climb Mt. Everest.

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